Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Consultation on Haringey's Future
Haringey is consulting on the new local plan. If you're not sure what a local plan is, the borough defines as follows:
The Local Plan is a document that sets out the vision and objectives for future development of the borough. It contains a spatial strategy and policies to enable significant growth such as new homes, employment, leisure and cultural facilities and infrastructure, while protecting and enhancing our heritage and natural environment. The Local Plan is used to decide planning applications for land development (i.e. new buildings and changes of use) in the borough.
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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"We are taking our first steps towards creating a New Local Plan which will set out how Haringey grows and develops through to 2037"
What a farce. The rate of change in the world is ever-accelerating and we have our local council set out a 3-year timeframe to 'adopt' a 'vision' plan - basically an exercise in paper pushing. A corporate strategy projects proposal within such a time frame for even the largest UK-based enterprises would be laughed out of the boardroom. Yet in local government, with the scarcity of resources it faces this is somehow acceptable.
Local (and national) government needs a right kick up its bureaucratic a**e to get decision-making and action taken at a much faster rate. No wonder there is diminishing engagement with local democracy - people can't see local authorities deal with trivial things like fly-tipping and school streets, yet are asked to provide input on the abstract 'first steps' for 'long-term 'issues and opportunities for accommodating growth' over a 17-year time frame.
This is like a real-life episode of Parks and Recreation. I am pretty sure I will have moved out of the borough before these clowns get a chance to put pen to paper on this.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Having a local plan (and the time scales) are prescribed by law and a requirement for every English local authority
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Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1 on
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Didn't they do one of these not so long ago or was that something else? There was a lengthy document with plans for all of the various areas in the borough.
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The good news (depending on your point of view) is that the recent White Paper proposed shortening the Local Plan timeframe from start to finish to 30 months. Some Local authorities are trying to get new Local Plans in place before these reforms; whereas some won't be able to and will probably come under the new system (if it goes ahead).
However, a lot of people have queried whether the White Paper's objective of more consultation in less time is contradictory in nature.
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The current Local Plan was updated in 2017, but the process is a bit like painting the Forth Bridge - ie you have to start again soon after completing the previous one.
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